sweet potato
132 dishes.
soup & stewFish waterThin peppery fish broth with green fig, dumplings and provisions
FlyLightly fermented sweet potato or cassava drink spiced with ginger and cloves
FonioFouta Djallon's featherlight steamed grain with leaf or peanut saucesstreet foodFried Chicken CutletOversized flattened fried chicken breast dusted with spiced pepper saltsalad & sideFutalisweet potato or pumpkin mashed with groundnut flourdessertGateau patatesweet-potato and coconut cakes fried for tea timedessertGrass JellyHerb jelly served iced with syrup or hot as a thick sweet soup.sauce & condimentGroundnut saucesmooth peanut sauce poured over matooke and sweet potatoes
Habichuelas con dulceSweet spiced cream-of-beans dessert for Lentsoup & stewHakkoSauce of pounded bean and cowpea leaves with peanut and meat, served over couscous
HāngīMeat and kūmara steamed underground on heated stones, Māori feast traditionmainHeri heriBoiled cassava, plantain, sweet potato and egg with bakkeljauw
Hot PotCommunal bubbling broth, often Sichuan-spicy, for cooking sliced meats, tofu and vegetables
IbijumbaBoiled sweet potatoes eaten plain with tea or with beans
Ital stewSaltless vegan stew of coconut milk, vegetables and dumplingssalad & sideJapchaeSweet-potato glass noodles stir-fried with vegetables, beef and sesame
Jug jugChristmas dish of guinea corn and pigeon peas cooked with salt meatsalad & sideKalembulaSweet potato leaves stewed with tomato, onion and groundnutstreet foodKandoloSweet potatoes roasted on a brazier and sold hot in the morningsnackKarukaOily highland pandanus nuts roasted in the shell, harvested in cold forest grovessalad & sideKaukauRoasted or boiled sweet potato, the highlands' daily staple
Kissanguahomemade fermented cornmeal drink, lightly sweet
Kizakacassava leaves pounded and cooked with peanutssalad & sideKumalaSweet potato boiled or baked in the 'umu; served with meat and fish.
Ladobplantain and sweet potato poached in vanilla coconut milkmainLamb FlapsFatty sheep belly cuts grilled or stewed; cheap and heavily salted.
Lambie waterPeppery broth of conch with provisions and dumplings, drunk hotsoup & stewLeche de tigreThe citrus, fish and aji marinade of ceviche, drunk from a glass
LocroHominy, squash and meat stew eaten on patriotic May 25
Lū PuluCorned beef and coconut cream baked in taro-leaf parcels undergroundmainLu SipiFatty mutton flap baked with onion and coconut cream inside taro leaves
Luwombochicken, beef or groundnuts steamed in banana leaves; royal Buganda dishsoup & stewMaafeMandinka peanut-butter stew of meat, tomato and vegetables over rice
Mafépeanut-butter stew of meat and vegetables served over ricesoup & stewMalakwangSour hibiscus leaves cooked with groundnut paste, served with sweet potato
MalatangSkewers and vegetables cooked to order in numbing chilli broth.
FlyLightly fermented sweet potato or cassava drink spiced with ginger and clovesFonioFouta Djallon's featherlight steamed grain with leaf or peanut saucesstreet foodFried Chicken CutletOversized flattened fried chicken breast dusted with spiced pepper saltsalad & sideFutalisweet potato or pumpkin mashed with groundnut flourdessertGateau patatesweet-potato and coconut cakes fried for tea timedessertGrass JellyHerb jelly served iced with syrup or hot as a thick sweet soup.sauce & condimentGroundnut saucesmooth peanut sauce poured over matooke and sweet potatoesHabichuelas con dulceSweet spiced cream-of-beans dessert for Lentsoup & stewHakkoSauce of pounded bean and cowpea leaves with peanut and meat, served over couscousHāngīMeat and kūmara steamed underground on heated stones, Māori feast traditionmainHeri heriBoiled cassava, plantain, sweet potato and egg with bakkeljauwHot PotCommunal bubbling broth, often Sichuan-spicy, for cooking sliced meats, tofu and vegetablesIbijumbaBoiled sweet potatoes eaten plain with tea or with beansItal stewSaltless vegan stew of coconut milk, vegetables and dumplingssalad & sideJapchaeSweet-potato glass noodles stir-fried with vegetables, beef and sesameJug jugChristmas dish of guinea corn and pigeon peas cooked with salt meatsalad & sideKalembulaSweet potato leaves stewed with tomato, onion and groundnutstreet foodKandoloSweet potatoes roasted on a brazier and sold hot in the morningsnackKarukaOily highland pandanus nuts roasted in the shell, harvested in cold forest grovessalad & sideKaukauRoasted or boiled sweet potato, the highlands' daily stapleKissanguahomemade fermented cornmeal drink, lightly sweetKizakacassava leaves pounded and cooked with peanutssalad & sideKumalaSweet potato boiled or baked in the 'umu; served with meat and fish.Ladobplantain and sweet potato poached in vanilla coconut milkmainLamb FlapsFatty sheep belly cuts grilled or stewed; cheap and heavily salted.Lambie waterPeppery broth of conch with provisions and dumplings, drunk hotsoup & stewLeche de tigreThe citrus, fish and aji marinade of ceviche, drunk from a glassLocroHominy, squash and meat stew eaten on patriotic May 25Lū PuluCorned beef and coconut cream baked in taro-leaf parcels undergroundmainLu SipiFatty mutton flap baked with onion and coconut cream inside taro leavesLuwombochicken, beef or groundnuts steamed in banana leaves; royal Buganda dishsoup & stewMaafeMandinka peanut-butter stew of meat, tomato and vegetables over riceMafépeanut-butter stew of meat and vegetables served over ricesoup & stewMalakwangSour hibiscus leaves cooked with groundnut paste, served with sweet potatoMalatangSkewers and vegetables cooked to order in numbing chilli broth.-
Boil-up
Māori pot of pork bones, watercress or pūhā, potatoes and doughboys. Ready in 30 min prep and 2 hr cooking.…
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Ajiaco
Country stew of assorted meats and root vegetables. Ready in 40 min prep and 2 hr 30 min cooking. Serves…
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Aibika in Coconut Milk
Slippery native greens simmered in rich coconut cream. Ready in 15 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. Serves 4. A…
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Ampesi
Boiled yam, cocoyam or plantain served with garden-egg or kontomire stew. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 35 minutes cooking.…
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Ba-wan
Chewy sweet-potato-starch dumpling stuffed with pork and bamboo, doused in sauce. Ready in 45 min prep and 40 min cooking.…
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Bianda
Boiled cassava, yam or plantain served under a sauce or stew. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 35 minutes cooking.…